The intensity of gully erosion on the tertiary plateau under arid conditions of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Found that gully erosion covers the entire area of the study land. On 68.3% of the area the dissection is 2.0...7.0 km/km2 and density of gullies in some places reaches up to 15.5 pieces/km2. The average annual growth of ravines in length is 0,34...7.48 m, a maximum width is 0.20...2.48 m, depth – 0,10...Of 1.16 m. The intensity of development of gullies is influenced by their catchment area. Of the 79 gully systems that have a small catchment area from 0.02 to 0.47 km2, only 4 has the degree of dissection is less than 1.0 km/km2 and in 36 gully systems – 5.0...7.5 km/km2, a 12-year – from 7.5 to 10.0 km/km2, 4 ravines – from 10.0 to 15.0, and the one ravine system has more than 15 km/km2. The degree of dismemberment of individual gully systems is dependent on their catchment area, which is associated with the conditions of their stay.